International Firearm Homicide Rates - Gun Control

2010-2015

According to the Small Arms Survey, out of 195 countries the United States had the 61st highest firearm homicide rate at 2.70 murders per 100,000 people between 2010 and 2015. Honduras reported the highest rate at 67.19 gun homicides per 100,000 people and Brazil had the highest total number of firearm homicides with 38,494.

Rank	Country	Firearm Homicide Rate per 100,000 People	Number of Firearm Homicides
1	Honduras	67.19	5,218
2	Venezuela	52.03	15,533
3	El Salvador	48.76	2,969
4	Jamaica	31.80	882
5	Guatemala	29.93	4,542
6	Belize	29.71	100
7	Colombia	26.76	12,442
8	Puerto Rico	25.12	932
9	Bahamas	24.82	91
10	Trinidad and Tobago	23.73	320
11	South Africa	19.11	10.097
12	Brazil	19.10	38,494
13	Lesotho	18.71	383
14	Afghanistan	14.84	4,148
15	Panama	14.35	536
16	Dominican Republic	13.32	1,356
17	Swaziland	10.87	134
18	Guyana	10.34	78
19	Haiti	9.46	973
20	Paraguay	9.35	585
21	Mexico	8.33	10,913
22	Iraq	8.32	2,742
23	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.09	4
24	Saint Lucia	7.89	14
25	Philippines	6.89	6,616
25	Ecuador	6.89	842
27	Bolivia	6.40	657
28	Costa Rica	5.91	278
29	Nicaragua	5.56	325
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.21	3,434
31	Pakistan	4.94	8.758
32	Barbados	4.92	14
33	Zimbabwe	4.68	682
34	Mauritania	4.55	172
35	Peru	4.46	1,347
36	Gabon	4.43	71
37	Yemen	4.39	1,092
38	Saudi Arabia	4.34	1,280
39	Botswana	4.20	90
40	Zambia	4.19	620
41	Thailand	4.08	2,741
42	Seychelles	4.00	4
43	Cameroon	3.88	840
44	Russia	3.80	5,446
45	Cape Verde	3.61	18
45	Togo	3.61	18
47	Cote d'Ivoire	3.54	748
48	Uruguay	3.53	120
49	Congo	3.36	144
50	Liberia	3.25	136
51	Central African Republic	3.17	146
52	Mali	3.16	508
53	Somalia	3.07	308
54	Burundi	3.05	309
55	Albania	3.02	88
56	Sao Tome and Principe	2.82	5
57	Sierra Leone	2.82	170
58	Papua New Guinea	2.81	201
58	Guinea	2.77	323
60	Comoros	2.72	20
61	United States	2.70	8,592
62	Guinea-Bissau	2.66	46
63	Senegal	2.60	46
64	Dominica	2.58	2
65	Djibouti	2.53	22
65	Gambia	2.53	46
67	Argentina	2.52	1,062
68	Niger	2.49	440
69	Oman	2.47	87
70	Sudan	2.45	925
71	Kenya	2.39	1,016
72	South Sudan	2.29	252
73	Kuwait	2.18	74
74	Burkina Faso	2.14	355
75	Namibia	2.12	48
76	Chad	2.11	269
77	Islamic Republic of Iran	2.05	1,561
78	Kiribati	2.03	2
79	United Arab Emierates	2.01	180
80	Lebanon	1.97	97
81	Montenegro	1.91	12
81	Jordan	1.91	133
83	Qatar	1.81	37
84	Grenada	1.79	2
85	Tonga	1.77	2
86	Benin	1.70	171
87	United Republic of Tanzania	1.65	805
87	Eritrea	1.65	81
89	Equatorial Guinea	1.61	12
89	Palestine	1.61	69
91	Egypt	1.58	1,353
92	Madagascar	1.54	344
93	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.53	99
94	Angola	1.52	340
95	Kazakhstan	1.51	255
96	Algeria	1.47	530
97	Chile	1.46	252
98	Antigua and Barbusa	1.39	1
99	Burma	1.34	703
99	Turkemistan	1.34	69
100	Bangladesh	1.24	1,918
101	Ghana	1.19	303
102	Suriname	1.16	6
103	Maldives	1.15	4
104	Sri Lanka	1.09	223
105	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	1.07	68
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.03	40
106	Ethiopia	1.03	953
108	Israel	0.96	73
109	Marshall Islands	0.90	1
110	Federated States of Micronesia	0.87	1
111	Turkey	0.79	585
111	Tunisia	0.79	86
113	Uzbekistan	0.77	221
114	Rwanda	0.74	80
115	Mozambique	0.66	170
116	Mauritius	0.63	8
116	The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	0.63	13
118	Serbia	0.59	53
119	Uganda	0.55	186
120	Syrian Arab Republic	0.54	109
121	Samoa	0.52	1
121	Greece	0.52	58
123	Timor-Leste	0.49	5
124	Cyprus	0.47	5
124	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	0.47	115
126	Canada	0.45	158
127	Solomon Islands	0.44	2
128	Norway	0.41	20
129	Andorra	0.40	0
130	Malta	0.38	2
130	Croatia	0.38	17
130	Estonia	0.38	5
133	Taiwan	0.37	87
134	Italy	0.35	210
135	Vanuatu	0.24	1
135	Cambodia	0.34	50
137	Bulgaria	0.33	24
138	Portugal	0.30	32
138	Republic of Moldova	0.30	12
138	Malaysia	0.30	87
138	Kyrgyzstan	0.30	17
138	Ireland	0.29	14
138	Finland	0.29	16
138	Belgium	0.29	32
145	Vietnam	0.28	252
145	India	0.28	3,498
147	Latvia	0.26	5
147	Armenia	0.26	5
149	Nigeria	0.25	422
149	Cuba	0.25	28
151	Bhutan	0.24	2
151	Netherlands	0.24	40
153	Azerbaijan	0.23	22
154	France	0.22	138
154	Ukraine	0.22	100
156	Lithuania	0.21	7
157	Mongolia	0.20	6
157	Slovakia	0.20	11
157	Sweden	0.20	19
160	Georgia	0.19	8
160	Switzerland	0.18	14
160	Indonesia	0.17	406
163	Nepal	0.16	45
163	Denmark	0.16	9
165	Czech Republic	0.15	16
165	Australia	0.15	34
165	Tajikistan	0.15	12
168	Spain	0.13	61
169	Belarus	0.12	12
169	Austria	0.12	10
169	New Zealand	0.12	5
172	Malawi	0.10	16
172	England & Wales	0.10	16
174	Brunei Darussalam	0.09	0
175	Hungary	0.08	8
175	Bahrain	0.08	1
177	Germany	0.07	55
178	Romania	0.05	10
178	Slovenia	0.05	1
178	China	0.05	619
178	Poland	0.05	18
182	Republic of Korea	0.02	10
183	Japan	0.01	14
184	Scotland	0.00	2
184	Anguilla	0.00	0
184	Fiji	0.00	0
184	Hong Kong	0.00	0
184	Iceland	0.00	0
184	Morocco	0.00	0
184	Nauru	0.00	0
184	Niue	0.00	0
184	San Marino	0.00	0
184	Singapore	0.00	0
184	Tuvalu	0.00	0

Source:

Small Arms Survey, “Firearms and Violent Deaths,” Small Arms Survey website (accessed June 13, 2017)

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